CEO Shills

Who is the worst CEO Pitchman hawking a product on television? The old guy with glasses (Dr. Neil Clark Warren) for eharmony.com or John Schnatter of Papa John's Pizza fame? Both terrible.

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Hat-Tip: Dangerous Minds

FLP Dvds Checked Out

Movies Watched: 9/7 - 9/18

(*) Looper

(*) Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

(*) American Sniper

(*) The Judge

(*) The Hit

(*) Flash of Genius

(*) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

(*) Lucy

(*) The Messenger

(*) Prometheus

(*) Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa

(*) Cemetery Junction

(*) Everything Is Illuminated
(*) Paths Of Glory

(*) Take This Waltz
(*) Zombieland

(*) Black Snake Moan

(*) Grizzly Man

(*) Guardians Of The Galaxy

(*) Deception

(*) After. Life

(*) Dr. Strangelove

(*) King of Devil’s Island

(*) Naked Lunch

Werner Herzog: 24 Life Lessons for Filmmakers

1. Always take the initiative.

2. There is nothing wrong with spending a night in jail if it means getting the shot you need.

3. Send out all your dogs and one might return with prey.

4. Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

5. Learn to live with your mistakes.

6. Expand your knowledge and understanding of music and literature, old and modern.

7. That roll of unexposed celluloid you have in your hand might be the last in existence, so do something impressive with it.

8. There is never an excuse not to finish a film.

9. Carry bolt cutters everywhere.

10. Thwart institutional cowardice.

11. Ask for forgiveness, not permission.

12. Take your fate into your own hands.

13. Learn to read the inner essence of a landscape.

14. Ignite the fire within and explore unknown territory.

15. Walk straight ahead, never detour.

16. Manoeuvre and mislead, but always deliver.

17. Don't be fearful of rejection.

18. Develop your own voice.

19. Day one is the point of no return.

20. A badge of honor is to fail a film theory class.

21. Chance is the lifeblood of cinema.

22. Guerrilla tactics are best.

23. Take revenge if need be.

24. Get used to the bear behind you.


Hat-Tip: Phawker.com

FLP Dvds Checked Out

Movies Viewed 8/1 - 9/6

(*) Michael Clayton

(*) Boyhood

(*) American Hustle

(*) The American

(*) Brazil

(*) Zero Dark Thirty

(*) The Hangover

(*) Full Metal Jacket

(*) Drive

(*) The Ice Storm

(*) Moon

(*) Trading Places

(*) Frost/Nixon

(*) Repo Man

(*) The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

(*) Amadeus

(*) Whiplash

(*) St. Vincent

(*) The Imitation Game

(*) The Monuments Men

(*) A Late Quartet

(*) Nightcrawler

(*) The Master

(*) Dallas Buyers Club

(*) Lincoln

(*) Gone Girl

(*) Lone Survivor

(*) Fury

(*) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

(*) The Wolf of Wall Street

(*) Sudden Impact

(*) Nebraska

(*) Slaughterhouse-Five

(*) Once

(*) The Informant!

(*) Schindler’s List

(*) Frank Miller’s Sin City

(*) Gran Torino

(*) High & Low by Akira Kurosawa

(*) David Lynch’s Inland Empire

(*) Midnight Cowboy

(*) Pan’s Labyrinth

(*) Paradise Now

(*) This Is The End

(*) Walk The Line

(*) Rosewater

(*) Argo

(*) 3:10 To Yuma

(*) Edge Of Tomorrow

(*) What’s In A Name?

(*) Lost In Translation

(*) Gravity

(*) What We Do In The Shadows

(*) The King’s Speech

(*) Our Idiot Brother

(*) The Equalizer

(*) Inside Llewyn Davis

(*) Django Unchained

(*) Inglourious Basterds

(*) Dracula Untold

(*) Cloverfield

(*) Lost Highway

(*) The Reader

(*) The Darjeeling Limited

(*) The Theory Of Everything

(*) Broken Flowers

(*) Being There

(*) Apocalypse Now - Redux

(*) Blade Runner - The Final Cut

(*) Exit Through the Gift Shop

(*) Citizen Four